David Burke S07 by HauteLife press

davidburke

vol. 1

magazine

SPRING 2007

OUT OF THE BOX WITH DAVID BURKE PRIME TIME:You Won’t Believe This Bull

A YEAR TO REMEMBER: ’05 Burgundies SPICE RACK: Spring Seasons DB PLAYS WITH FIRE IN LAS VEGAS

from the chef

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dear friends Dear friends, I fell in love not only with cooking at a young age but the energy in the kitchen, the life-force that drives the heart of a restaurant. For me this is a passion that continues to build. There’s always a new technique to learn or a new product or ingredient to work with. Styles are continually evolving; eating habits are constantly shifting. The world itself is getting smaller in terms of easier access to all kinds of food products. The last couple of decades have been an amazing time to be a chef. We caught a wave in the early 80s with the American public accepting and wanting to try new and different things. I thrive on this because I love creative cooking. But in addition to offering you a unique dining experience in respect to what’s on our menus at David Burke restaurants, I want to initiate total sensory satisfaction from the moment you walk through the door by setting the stage with the design and energy we produce. I like to be involved in all aspects of my restaurants – from hand-selecting artwork and generating design to naturally, creating the menu. Through our new magazine, David Burke, I now hope to involve all of you a little more in these processes. I am inviting you to get an inside look into our family: what we do, who we are and what’s available. We’ll also introduce you to some of our patrons and partners and show you where David Burke is headed. Since it opened over three years ago, we’ve had a wonderful time at David Burke & Donatella. David Burke @ Bloomingdale’s is booming – with plans for expansion, and at the time of this printing, David Burke Las Vegas will be open in The Venetian. We welcome you to this latest addition of our burgeoning family and if you’re headed to Las Vegas, please make sure to introduce yourself to our management staff there. www.brevilleusa.com

It’s spring in New York City. It’s an exciting time of the year for chefs! It’s all about fresh, young vegetables and in-season ingredients; a focus on lighter crispy dishes and more color on a plate. Join us in the following pages and at our restaurants for an infusion of great food, great energy and a little whimsy thrown in for good measure!

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Counter thinking.

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box

out of the

ut all of these words in a box: revolution, art, design, cuisine, invention; throw in a tornado, shake it up and out bursts David Burke. David doesn’t just simply make his way out of a box; he rips it apart. He approaches life and his cooking with fervor, the way a bull goes after the red cape of the matador... It’s no wonder that the experience of walking into his signature restaurant David Burke & Donatella is very much like meeting the man himself: a serious New York restaurateur on the outside bubbling with energy, wit and creative force on the inside. David Burke follows through. When he decided he wanted the best meat possible for his restaurants, David went out and bought a bull to sire all the beef. But he didn’t just leave it at that. He went straight to work with his meat processor in the Bronx to create a new cut of meat: nick-named the “Bronx Chop”, it shows up on his menus as the Bronx Style Filet Mignon of Veal. There is currently no other restaurant serving this cut, because David Burke invented it. How many chefs actually go to that extreme? David Burke can’t help himself. He ﬁnds inspiration everywhere he looks. One rainy day at home with his kids who were bored and hungry for a snack, David created gourmet lollipops out of leftover cheesecake and crushed up Reese’s peanut butter cups. It was all just child’s play, that is, until he actually served them in his restaurants to great fanfare– decadence at its best! That’s David Burke at the top of his game, continually reinventing. David Burke builds on passion. So when the opportunity arose to purchase the restaurant in Rumson, NJ where David ﬁrst cut his chops in the kitchen, he jumped at the chance at what he calls “going back home”. David Burke Fromagerie is currently in renovation. Without a doubt, we can expect this spot in New Jersey to become a culinary destination. Of course if Burke’s father had had his way, this all could have turned out much differently. “My father was determined to undermine my early interest in cooking so he enrolled me in a cooking class held at a local shopping mall,” David

laughs, “where all my fellow students were housewives.” Instead of dissuading his son from a life of toque hats and kitchen aprons, the class became this unusual ‘desperate housewife’s’ first real foray into the culinary arts. David Burke is very much a people person. When he makes a connection, it lasts a lifetime. Take, for example, his friendship with Chef Michael Ayoub of Fornino and Cronkite Pizzeria & Wine Bar. Get these two into the same room and you can be sure it will not only be fun, but something very creative – on the verge of genius – is going to come out of it. That’s what happened when they got together right before David opened David Burke & Donatella. The result was the flaming red glass rods you see today over the fireplace. And it has lead to an even bigger project on display at the new David Burke Las Vegas. With a combustible mix of high-rollers and David Burke’s fiery hands, Las Vegas will soon be hotter than ever. The one word most people use in describing David Burke is “fun”. And it’s probably the one character trait that helps him stay balanced; David actually enjoys everything he does. That’s obvious in some of the off-thewall names he has dreamt up for some really serious food like ‘Lobster on an Angry Bed of Nails’. Burke has righteously earned the nick-name the

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angry lobster on a bed of nails ‘Robin Williams of chefs.’ He imposes touches of his wit in restaurant decor as well: the fantasia-themed art-work, a row of bronze Humpty Dumpty statues perched along the bar, the egg motif used frequently on menus and uniforms as a logo. It all reﬂects his musing of ‘never having met an egg he didn’t like’!

and I’m looking for another property in New Jersey. Las Vegas is now open. I’m planning on expanding Burke-in-a-box at Bloomingdale’s into casinos, ofﬁce buildings and sports arenas. I consult for Samuel Adams beer, Chelton House sauce manufacturers, Aramark Food Services, Restaurant MC in Milton, NJ and the Hawaiian Tropic Zone Bar & Grill in Times Square.”

At David Burke @ Bloomingdale’s, this multi-talented chef has left his mark on not only the menu but the artwork which he designed himself. But considering what David has on his plate, the cheeky, court-jester might as well be a juggler...

When does he ﬁnd time to relax? “Relaxing for me is very difﬁcult,” David Burke breaks into a grin. Considering his skill in so many other areas, we’ll let this imperfection slide off his plate!

“We have Primehouse in Chicago which is a natural extension of what I did with Smith & Wollensky. We are almost ﬁnished with renovations at Fromagerie

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Prime leads a great life, roaming his 5-acre paddock with hill-top views at leisure. He’s 6 years old and will retire in anywhere from 4-6 years from now, when, as long as his quality of life is good, he’ll stay right where he is to live out the rest of his days.

for Black Angus Beef “My ten-year old daughter has a horse so I got a bull,” jokes David Burke, but his collaboration with Creekstone Farms shows just how seriously committed this chef is to excellence in the meat he serves. “Once I tasted Creekstone beef I was sold. It knocked me out and I never looked back...”

Prime has a lot to be proud of, his legacy will far exceed his own lifetime and an infinite number of meat-eaters will benefit from his good genes! This is made possible through ‘collecting’ semen for artificial insemination and storing it in liquid nitrogen where it can be kept for up to 50 years. “He’s a social bull, he’s very proud,” Joe Bill laughs. “Whenever visitors stop by his paddock, he stretches and pulls his head up as much as to say, ‘I know you’re here because I look good!’ Mature bulls can be aggressive but Prime

nd what could be more fun than owning your own bull? “David Burke wanted to have not only a unique product in his restaurant but more control over the genetics that go into the product. There’s a lot of science involved and that’s what really got David excited,” explains Joe Bill Meng, VP of Animal Science, Health & Welfare at Creekstone Farms. The result: a 2,500 pound bull nick-named ‘Prime’ who sires all the meat David uses in his restaurants. Prime’s marbling ranking is in the top 2 percent of bulls in the Black Angus Society (over 14,000 in the U.S). “This joint venture is the ﬁrst of its kind at Creekstone. I personally don’t know of any other chef who produces his own beef on the scale that David is achieving.” Creekstone Farms raises purebred Black Angus cattle on a lush 1,200 acre spread in Henry County, Kentucky. In 2004, under Joe Bill’s direction, Creekstone Farms created a Natural Black Angus program. Their new focus was prompted by the consumer’s interest in traceability of food and an effort to address the #1 complaint in the beef industry: ensuring a level of consistency in quality. The result is a mouth-watering experience every time you eat Creekstone meat.

Even some of the methods of testing for ‘marbling’ – the tiny ﬂecks of lipids or fats that are dispersed within the muscle – are fascinating. “We use an ultrasound device to measure the back fat on the animal, the rib-eye area and the intramuscular fat. Ultrasounds help us to quickly identify superior bulls.”

has never exhibited that trait. He’s very approachable and very athletic. Even though he is so big, he moves around very easily and is a lot of fun to observe!”

Joe Bill Meng is a strong believer in consumer-product awareness. “I’m old enough to have observed the distancing between the farm and the purchaser. The number of farmers declined and a disconnect occurred. Now we see consumers who want to know where their food comes from. In the case of animals, they are vitally concerned about if they are treated in an ethical manner. Not only is it the right thing to do – to know about the food, but it’s fun! Going into a grocery store and buying a commodity cut of meat that you know nothing about is disconcerting. The good news is that we are rapidly approaching a benchmark where 50% of all beef sold in supermarkets is name-branded beef.”

“An animal is only as good as its genetics – it can’t exceed its genotype. But even if you start off with great material you can still make a mess of the finished product if you don’t manage it properly. We consider every opportunity for an optimal product.” Joe points out that genetics count for 30% of meat variation assuming management is consistent. That leaves 70% influenced by the environment. Every animal is source-verified – Joe Bill knows exactly where they came from and their complete medical history. The best possible nutrition and healthcare options are provided and every chance to make sure the immune system is in tip-top condition is provided for. The cattle are fed 100% vegetarian food: besides grass, they have access to a supplementary, freechoice mixture containing, among others, Vitamins A, D & E, Calcium and Phosphorous, with a little salt thrown in. No antibiotics are ever used, neither are growth hormones. “We do this from a purely flavor standpoint,” Joe explains. Environmental concerns are accounted for in some very forward-thinking ways. Creekstone facilities reduce animal stress by providing fresh water, calm lighting and climate-control. The cattle are encouraged to be outside all the time, barring extreme weather circumstances.

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Joe Bill Meng on meat UNDERESTIMATED CUT OF MEAT... In terms of quality and ﬂavor, a boneless chuck short rib (a chuck cut with the ribs removed) is probably one of the most undiscovered cuts. I’LL TAKE MINE.... I’m partial to a NY strip-I think it’s got a real intense ﬂavor. I like it pretty simply done with a little salt and pepper and cooked on the grill properly. Most of us meat heads like our beef medium-rare to rare.

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Must haves: basil oil citrus zest olive paste ginger paste fresh bay leaves

Seasoning spring salads:

Spring vegetable market list:

CULINARY SPICE SHEET CHEAT:

asparagus morels ramps (wild leeks) peas rhubarb arugula

effortlessly add endless flavor to meat and fish with Flavormagic. Simply place your favorite meat or fish dish on a spice sheet, marinate for 30 minutes, remove and discard the sheet. The seasonings stay on your food ready to be cooked. Available at www.flavormagic.net

tarragon chervil lime juice orange juice chili

spicing up spring

Add to your spring seasoning selection by drying your own herbs...

Must try spring ﬁsh dish: soft shell crab sandwiches!

Place small bunches upside down in a large brown paper bag with several holes for ventilation or arrange leaves in a shallow wicker basket with a weave that allows air to ﬂow through. When completely dry, store herbs in labeled, airtight containers in a cool, dry, dark place. Spring cocktail: Ginger Peartini

2 oz of Hendrick’s gin 1 oz of pear nectar 1/2 oz of pear brandy a small pinch of grated ginger combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker shake vigorously strain into a martini glass

Seasoning spring lamb: rosemary lavender honey Moroccan glaze (see recipe)

Seasoning spring chicken: lemon pepper garlic ginger sorrel

Moroccan Glaze INGREDIENTS: 1 bottle

honey

1 cup

ketchup

1 bottle

rice vinegar

1 cup

green peppercorns

1 qt

soy sauce

1 tbsp

nutmeg

2 tbsp

coriander

cinnamon sticks

1 tbsp

cumin

1 cup

lemon juice

1 tbsp

cloves

Serrano peppers

3 pc

ginger

2 tbsp

lavender

2 tbsp

cardamoms

1 bunch

cilantro

In 2 gallon stainless steel pot, toast all dry spices (cracked). Caramelize honey, add all remaining ingredients, reserving lemon juice and cilantro. Reduce to thickened consistency and ﬁnish with cilantro and lemon juice. Let stand two hours, strain through chamois. Cool.

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recipes

burgundy

2005: a year to remember

Selecting his words as carefully as if searching for the perfect vintage for a client, Bruce Yung sums up his theory about why he chose his profession: “I like to be a catalyst for a good time,” he muses. And he really means it...

Sea Scallop Benedict with Potato Cakes, Spicy Sausage and Lobster Foam INGREDIENTS: 4 large sea scallops cut in 1/2 crosswise for 8 medallions 1/4 lb. chorizo 1/2 thinly sliced 1/2 reserved for oil recipe 8 quail eggs chopped chives black olive paste potato pancakes (see recipe) lobster foam CHORIZO OIL: 1/2 cup canola oil 4tbsp chorizo chopped -garlic -paprika -salt Cook together and let rest, strain.

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POTATO PANCAKES: 2 large baking potatoes, peeled 3 shallots, peeled 1 egg coarse or kosher salt freshly ground pepper to taste clariﬁed butter or olive oil for sautéing 1. Combine potatoes, shallots, and egg in a food processor and grate. 2. Spoon grated-potato mixture into a bowl and add salt and pepper. Heat clariﬁed butter or olive oil in a large sauté pan, preferably with a non-stick surface. 3. Spoon 2 or more tablespoons of potato mixture into pan for each pancake. The thickness and diameter of the pancake will depend on how they are to be used. Cook pancakes until golden brown, turning frequently.

LOBSTER FOAM: 2 qt lobster bisque 1/2 pint milk 3 tablespoons butter 1/2 pint cream salt and pepper to taste yield: 2 quarts In a medium saucepan, reduce lobster bisque by half. Add the milk, butter, cream, salt and pepper, stir until heated. Use a hand mixer to buzz the liquid until frothy. Keep warm. TO BUILD: Sauté potato pancakes in a pan until golden and let rest on a dry towel. Season and sauté sea scallops and chorizo slices in a sauce pan until crisp. Place two potato pancakes on each plate, top with chorizo, then sea scallops, then sunny side up quail egg on each scallop. Top with lobster foam and chopped chives. Circle the plate with the black olive puree and chorizo oil.

fter six intense years at downtown wine restaurant Montrachet, whose Burgundy collection has been hailed in the past as one of the best in the USA, Bruce Yung headed to David Burke & Donatella as Chef Sommelier/ Beverage Director three years ago. Here, Bruce oversees all wine responsibilities with a front of house mentality by placing great emphasis on selection – and not just in terms of the bottle. “Dealing with the ﬁnished product requires a process of selection that involves very exact elements; a science unto itself. A great marriage of wine, selected with consideration to timing of the vintage and paired with the right food and the person drinking it, can really elevate the experience.”

Collectors open up your vaults...“05, especially for reds, is hyped up to be one of the best vintages from Burgundy in this century. They are comparing it to the 1990 which was an astounding vintage. You can also tell from the future pricings that they will be through the roof – and that goes for all wines across the board, not just from the pedigree vineyards.” What to expect from reds and whites: “There is a general belief that this vintage will be very ageworthy. Overall, reds will have an abundance

of fruit, very pure ﬂavors. Whites will be a little more dependant on the individual consumer’s taste because they will also show more texture and fruit, which is great if you like your whites to have a little more weight to them. In general though, when it comes to whites, you look for accuracy – not so much the fruit development as the minerals. ‘04s had that type of precision which made it a good year for Burgundy whites.”

While waiting for the ‘05s to arrive Bruce recommends these wonderful ‘04s to whet your appetite...

“Could I suggest a Burgundy perhaps?” Bruce’s smile widens as he draws you into his world... “Their struggle makes the fruits of their labor that much more intense.” Because of inconsistencies in weather patterns, Burgundies are a little more volatile from vintage to vintage. “With Burgundies you really taste the ‘terroir’ which is what makes the wine so special. The vines are generally planted a little deeper and extract nutrients from the soil, so the different compositions of the land – or ‘terre’ in French – have a lot of input in the ﬁnal product.” Finally ‘05s... “We’ve recently experienced a few troublesome years in regard to Burgundies. ‘02 was a spectacular year but quantities were low. ‘03 was a very hot year so we got even less. ‘04s are a little more abundant and although delightful to drink now (less tannins, a little more ﬂoral and lighter) they don’t have the same concentration I anticipate from ‘05s. I think, at least from what I have tasted, they are going to be fantastic.”

Chassagne Montrachet Domaine Michel Niellon 2004

Chambolle Musigny Domaine Jacques Frederic Mugnier 2004

Chambolle Musigny ‘Les Amoureuses’ Joseph Drouhin 2004

Pure and intense. Soft pear notes; brilliant structure and ﬁnishes with a light hint of cloves. Youthful but enjoyable right from the beginning. The minerality is expressive and will continue to develop over time.

Elegant and inviting; pure expression of Chambolle with its charm. A nose perfumed with ﬂoral, cherry, and raspberry notes. Could be cellared for a little longer but very generous now.

Youthful and texturally silky. Displays red cherry with soft spices right on the ﬁnish. Great potential in respect to its core material. Given its rarity, a great wine to hold on to.

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ﬁre

playing with

Michael Ayoub:

David Burke and Michael Ayoub met years ago, fellow chefs who always have a good time together. But their common interests reached far beyond exchanging cooking tips to the art of glass-blowing... David was originally going to call David Burke & Donatella LOKI, after the Norse god of mischief and fire, so he asked Michael to create a red glass rod structure. Loki has red hair that shoots up in all direction just like the rods, representing flames. The name LOKI didn’t stick but Michael Ayoub’s creative touches did. Now Michael has completed another sculpture, just in time for the grand opening of David Burke Las Vegas… When did you first become involved in glass-blowing and why? As a

water with a waterfall coming down through the center of it. I used four

classically trained chef, one of the confectionary arts is sugar blowing. My

different colors of red and some opaque and transparent rods as well. The

teacher was originally a glass-blower who got into sugar. Sugar blowing uses

rods represent an explosion; it comes up and spreads out on top just as a

the same bubble structure as glass blowing. When Urban Glass opened up

ﬂame does. The water ‘extinguishes’ the ﬂame.

its studio in downtown Brooklyn nine years ago I literally walked in and signed up for lessons.

What was the biggest obstacle in this whole process? Well, I have never done anything this big before and dealing with water not only falling on the

So it’s about playing with ﬁre essentially? Yes, I don’t mind the heat. The

sculpture but acting as a base for it, created a whole set of issues. And then

oven I use for making pizza is 1000 degrees; for glass it’s over 2000 degrees!

there’s the transportation aspect – putting it on a 22 foot truck and having

As the cavemen so eloquently coined it: ‘ﬁre good!’

it travel 3,500 miles. I actually had to have someone laser-cut 3 inch thick,

Cooking activates all the senses. How does glass-blowing create sensory fulfillment for you? As chefs we make a living with our creativity and our hands. Glass blowing is very physical. It’s always in flux – much like in a kitchen when you put the pan on the fire and start adding ingredients; you

clear Lucite donuts to stack on top of each other so that each rod could stand in its own proper hole. I am very proud of what I accomplished here – and I can’t wait for the moment it’s installed so I can sit down and celebrate with a glass of Champagne!

have to see how they work with the ﬂame as they cook. It’s the same with

It must be quite satisfying to now have an installation of your own in the

glass; you have to constantly monitor its reaction to heat.

same city as your mentor Dale Chihuly (The Fioro di Como on the ceiling

You own three restaurants, you’re a farmer with extensive greenhouse gardens in Brooklyn and Southampton, and father of three. When do you ﬁnd the time to create your glass sculptures? I don’t watch much TV! I think it’s a matter of just balancing your life and allocating enough time for everybody. It’s deﬁnitely a juggle. Where did you draw your inspiration from for your latest David Burke installation and what’s it all about? In the beginning I worked off drawings from the restaurant designers. It’s ten feet high and round in shape with 103 rods of all different dimensions, shapes and ‘bendings’ set in a pool of

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of the Bellagio in Las Vegas). What, in your mind, is his greatest artistic achievement? Everything – he’s unbelievable! I love his free form glass works. As a craftsman I have tried to re-create some of his pieces. He’s a

chef’s notebook

Cooking lexicon 101:

“Mise en place:” A French term referring to having all the ingredients necessary for a dish prepared and ready to combine up to the point of cooking.

BEST PIZZA IN NYC That would have to be a three-way tie:

SEA WATER BRINE Brining is a great way to prepare game birds to give them a moist consistency and a succulent ﬂavor. We use a seawater brine for all of our poultry items. 1 gallon water 1/2 cup sea salt 2 tbsp sugar 1 rosemary stalk 1 tbsp thyme 5 pc fresh seaweed 2 tbsp peppercorns 1 bay leaf 1 tsp chopped garlic

FAVORITE PLACE FOR KITCHENWARE Bridge Kitchenware on 45th & 3rd, NYC Steve Bridge is a long time friend of mine. He knows exactly the kind of products I like to use. www.bridgekitchenware.com

I like the idea of public space. Any place where the public could appreciate it.

Cronkite Pizzeria 133 Norfolk St. At Rivington St.

try these stunning pink crystals from the Himalayas that David uses in his restaurants both as seasoning and an exquisite base for food creations to sit upon. Available through US Magic Box: 973 772-2070

Bloomingdale’s - and it’s so convenient for me because my restaurant is there!

PAINT CAN CLAMBAKE A great and fun idea for an outdoor bbq! 1 cup 1 1/2 cup 1 1 1/2 5 to 6 tbsp 2 tbsp 1 tbsp

tremendous inspiration to me. Where would you love to have another one of your sculptures displayed?

Waldy’s Pizza & Penne 800 6th Ave. Btwn 27th & 28th St.

SALT ALTERNATIVE:

BEST PLACE TO FIND THE PERFECT MOTHER’S DAY GIFT

Add all ingredients to a 1 gallon stainless steel pot. Bring to a boil, and let stand two hours. Strain through chinois.

1 to 1 1/4 lb lobster 3 to 4 shrimp, medium sized 6 mussels 6 clams 8 slices chorizo or spicy italian sausage 2 to 3 red bliss potatoes,diced 8 cloves garlic,sliced

Brio 137 E. 61st St. At Lexington Ave.

chopped tomatoes ear of corn chopped basil lemon, cut into wedges cups white wine butter red pepper ﬂakes Old Bay Seasoning salt and pepper

In a large, clean paint can, place the lobster, followed by the rest of the ingredients, saving the shrimp to go in last for the top.

WHEN CHEF BURKE HAS A SWEET TOOTH Jacques Torres - no question. 350 Hudson at King Street (1 block South of Houston), NYC Or Jacques Torres D.U.M.B.O. 66 Water Street Brooklyn, NY Or try my Gourmet pops! Fun, ready to serve cheesecake pops-- an inspired assortment of Cherry Pink Cashmere, Three Chocolate Tuxedo and Toffee Top Hat. Available at: www.gourmetpops.com

Cover with foil and place on grill. Cook until foil begins to puff up and shellﬁsh opens. Serve with lots and lots of grilled bread.

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